Old school subway painter, illustrator, and graffiti impresario, DR. REVOLT, is offering a bunch of original pieces for sale on DirtyPilot.com. Check out the legendary NYC writer and RTW crew elder’s art that spans three decades.
Hundreds of people lined up in the cold on Sunday to attend the grand opening of Mr. Brainwash’s “Icons” exhibit in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. Astonishingly, most of the diverse mix of hoodrats, art fags, and the cluelessly curious were ardent fans. Undeterred by his negative portrayal in the Banksy film or the naysayers online, they were more than supportive, almost delirious in their affection for the wealthy artist. Read more »
Attention street art aficionados and previously duped speculators, the moment you’ve all been waiting for has arrived! After blessing Los Angeles with a tacky, overly produced, thought-lacking exhibit of epic proportions, Mr. Brainwash has done the same in NYC for his soon-to-be-opened “Icons” show. But don’t let the name fool ya, there’s nothing iconic about about it. Read more »
Unlike his verbal virtuosity, Dylan’s fine art is meh. Yet, the Greenwich icon’s 100 works are headed to London’s Halcyon Gallery on February 13. In some ways touching but pretty banal, the collection will probably draw in a kind of strained-mingling mixed crowd of arty-smarty gallery goers and eye-flapping fans, likely many more of the latter. It’s not that this sort of rehashing of superfluous crossover is unusual, but it’s a tad irritating. Never mind that Dylan’s latest live shows are self-parodising travesties of hoarse, weak blues mumbled by a condescending statue and he doesn’t care. But hey, I’d say a big Fuck You to everyone and send away my old crap to London so I can cynically wallow in fame moneys too, if my concert audience dwindled to a gaggle of seniors who take “everybody must get stoned” literarily. Dylan, I love you, but please limit your extracurriculars to the radio show. |NME|
Francis M. Naumann Fine Art and David Nolan Gallery present “The Visible Vagina,” a survey course in the muff fine arts. While not as taboo as it wants to be, the current exhibit aims to remove both the forced modesty of the fig leaf and the porn-for-men context tendency in girlie-parts imagery. Featuring labial abstractions and close-ups in a variety of medium – from delicate brass-and-thread collage to psychedelic acrylics to pricey doodle — the show promises to deliver you into the rosy folds of feminist wisdom and artistic wonder. Includes at least one scared penis and vaginal contributions from Kiki Smith, Cindy Sherman, Hans Bellmer and others. Click below to see the very NSFW preview of the work. Read more »
Investigative multimedia artist Brian Conley’s upcoming show at the Boiler delves into fantasy and reality of violence, documentation and group behavior. His toy soldiers in model Iraq reenact real battles, as informed by dice and factual variations from the New York Times, Al Jazeera, and Iraqi bloggers. Born of the Las Vegas Games Expo, Conley’s Gulliverian show and expert participation explore “the collision of entertainment and suffering.” The board, game-play recording and molten trooper head-shots are exhibited alongside news source video, which should give more consequence to the myths of war than fingering a game console to explode foreign heads. On March 6th, in a performance with the East Coast Historical Gaming Miniatures Society (they’re real), Conley does Afghanistan, live.
“Miniature War In Iraq…and Now Afghanistan,” Feb 12 — Mar 21, the Boiler, 191 N. 14th St, Williamsburg
The graffiti-painting Brazilian twins aka Os Gemeos opened up a new exhibit earlier this week at Milan’s Patricia Armocida gallery. Entitled “Nos Braços de um Anjo,” which translates to “In the Arms of an Angel,” the show features canvasses, sculptures and all sorts of cool work that is much better explained by the gallery of photos below than my words. Read more »
Texas-based artist Terri Thomas is exhibiting some of her recent work at Lyons Wier Gallery in February. Centered around the theme of “hedone,” which is Greek for “pleasure,” her art consists of “manipulated self-portraits and Swarovski crystal encrusted object-trophies.” Art critic Joseph Bravo describes her work as thus: “Thomas’ paintings and sculptures are simultaneously appealing and appalling, and mesmerize viewers who feel a little embarrassed for looking so closely at images similar to those more conventionally viewed in private.” So make sure coworkers aren’t around when clicking through the images above.
“Hedone,” Feb 12th – March 8th, Lyons Wier Gallery, 175 7th Avenue, NYC
Have you ever heard of Herb Brown? He’s kind of like the Lenny Bruce of the art world. Back when he was creating work in the 60s, he violated all sorts of obscenity laws and was even banned by the Leo Castelli Gallery. Anyhow, now he’s in his 80s and may finally be getting the recognition he deserves. Tonight (between 5-8PM), the BLT Gallery is showcasing some of Brown’s previously censored work that includes graphic imagery painted over advertisements and subway posters as well as video installations. Click the above gallery to preview some of his NSFW art and jump for the video interview that firmly establishes dude’s street cred. Hint: It involves the NYPD. Read more »
Artist Tom Sanford demonstrates the high art of tabloid gossip for his latest series of relatively small paintings depicting the media-frenzied likes of Tiger Woods, Susan Boyle, and the White House crashing Salahis. The work will featured as part of group show at Claire Oliver Fine Art opening this week.
The Antidote, Jan 28th – Mar 6th, 2010 Claire Oliver Fine Art, 513 West 26th Street, NYC
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